Picket-fence strand



JOHN B. WEEKS, OF CORINTEI, MISSISSIPPI.

PICKET-FENCE STRAND.

Application filed July 15, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jol-1N B. WEEKS, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Corinth, in the county of Alcorn and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picket-Fence Strands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to strands, and while particularly adaptable to strands for fences, is not limited thereto.

An object of this invention is to provide a strand which will cheapen the cost of fence construction and increase the life and durability of a fence, and to provide a strand which will take the strain from pickets on a picket fence and that will enable the employment of a taut wire without cutting the pickets and will take all the wire tension strain away from the pickets.

A further object of this invention is to provide a strand that will overcome the common diiiiculty of woven wire fences on uneven surfaces of land from slacking at the .bottom or top line, and which will provide a close fence which may be very cheaply made from material at hand such as waste stock that has no other value except for fuel and which can be converted into pickets which can be used. with said strands.

A further object of this invention is to provide a strand which will enable a fence to be made at any height by simply spreading the strands and using longer pickets, and to enable the construction of a fence which can be easily taken down and moved without impairing the value and without any loss of material, and to enable the construction of a fence that is of general utility and one in which stock is never cut or damaged, which is very often the case with barbed wire, and to provide a strand for a fence which will enable the construction of a fence that can be easily and economically maintained and repaired, and to provide a strand which can be easily taken out in sections when rusted or otherwise destroyed, and from which pickets, when decayed, can be removed.

With these and other objects in view the Y lSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

SerialvNo. 311,105.

present invention comprises certain novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. l

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side view of a fence showing two poles with the fence here described mounted between the two said poles.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one picket holding section of wire C Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a roll of wire C, Fig. l.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A and B are two posts having wires C and C drawn taut between the two said posts and staples at E and having pickets D-D carried by the said wires C and C. In the plan or top view, Fig. 2, a section of wire C is shown the main wire portion l and the picket bracket 2. All that is necessary to construct this fence is to insert posts and stretch wires C and C. taut and parallel to each other and insert staples E and then drop picket D into the bracket or loops 2.

One of the important features of my present invention resides especially in the peculiar construction of the picket supporting wire C. This wire obviously may be made of any suitable material and diameter and cross sections and for the purpose of attaching to it the various pickets, I prefer to connect to the wire at suitable spaced intervals. what might be termed as brackets or loops 2. It may consist of a piece of wire of suitable proportions and cross sections and which is bent substantially to the form of a U and has the ends of the arms abutted against the side of the main wire and fiXedly joined thereto as by brazing, welding or any other suitable manner to form a substantial integral construction. Obviously this picket supporting wire or as it might be termed rail, can be made in any desirable length so that it may be applied in the form of a roll from which the wire can be rolled olf in sections of any desirable length.

It will be seen therefore. that the purchaser has but to buy a sufficient quantity of this picket receiving wire and may use any appropriate or convenient material of which to form the fence when erected and obvir Vously the rail forming Wire or Wires may be Y fastened to. any convenient supports as for instance, to trees, building structures, posts or any otlieroreacly suflcient support.

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2. A picket carrying strand comprising a straight strand and picket carrying loops,

the said loops being formed of separate strands and Xeclly secured on said straight strand, the saicl loops of axel size.` l

3. A picket carrying strand comprising a straight strand and picket carrying loops7 the said loops being formed of separate strands andxedly secured on said straight strand, said loops being rigid and said 20 strand between loops being flexible.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' JOI-IN B. WEEKS. 

